Police blotter

Published 8:04 pm, Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Just after 8 p.m. Saturday, a Greenwich Emergency Medical Service worker reported a vehicle driving erratically on North Street in the backcountry. Responding officers found the operator, Joseph Comis, 65, of Rye, N.Y., behind the wheel, police said; Comis slurred his words and could not stand steadily when asked to step outside of the car. He was administered a standardized field sobriety test, which police said he could not perform to standard and was subsequently arrested on a driving under the influence charge. He post $250 bond and is to appear in Stamford Superior Court on Aug. 26.

On Monday, employees at the Walgreens pharmacy on East Putnam Avenue in Old Greenwich reported a shoplifting. Surveillance footage showed a man and woman pushing a stroller with a small child, picking up cosmetics from the shelf, and placing them into that carriage before walking out. Neither police nor Walgreens could ascertain the cash value of the stolen cosmetics.

The homeowners at 44 Rainbow Drive in Riverside returned from a vacation to find that their home had been targeted by vandals in their absence, police said. Unknown offenders spray-painted both the home's front door and mailbox, as well as a jammed a screw into the tire of a vehicle parked in the driveway. Police are investigating the incident, believing the residents to have been directly targeted rather than victims of a random act.

Greenwich police are preparing to obtain a warrant for the arrest of an employee of Free People, a Greenwich Avenue boutique. Managers at the store, which sells woman's clothing and accessories, reported the employee had been stealing various clothing items as well as jewelry from the store over many weeks.